Re: [Evolution] Feature request: Pop-before-IMAP

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> > If I leave it unchecked, Evolution never logs back into the server, so
after a half an hour, I can no longer send mail from my remote location
without stopping and restarting Evolution.
> Have you tried going offline and online again (little ion bottom-left)?

Well, yes, actually I have, and that does work... except that I have a
bunch of folders marked to make available offline, so then it goes to
download all the new messages, which in some folders (high-traffic mailing
lists) this can take a while. It's faster to close/reopen Evolution.

> > Any chance of changing this behavior? All that's necessary is a new
IMAP
> > login before sending mail...
>
> IMAP is not supposed to re-login, as the connection stays established.
Well, yes, I knew that. And Evolution is actually one of the only MUAs
I've played around with that actually obeys this. Most of them re-login
every few minutes, and some are always unexpectedly dropping IMAP
connections... good job Evolution!

But this actually brings up another problem I have with Evolution--when I
mark folders for offline use, Evolution only downloads new messages. Is
there any way I can get it to download old messages, too? I'm using 1.2.4
(mandrake package).

> Even more, IMHO pop-after-smtp feels plain wrong and should not be
offered as an option. I could be wrong though...
>
Yes, I can see your point of view. It's a bit of a hackish way of
authenticating a user, but it's super easy to set up, and pretty
effective. My main point is that if you're going to offer it at all, why
not allow it to work with IMAP too?

It's not a configuration option for any other MUA I know about--I was
surprised to find it in Evolution. And disappointed that it didn't work
for me.

> Don't you have any other option to authenticate against the SMTP server?
Not yet... am still learning about this stuff, and because pop-before-smtp
works (except for timeing out because Evolution actually does IMAP
correctly, while other broken MUAs don't need this because they're
broken...)

What would you suggest to be a better/easier way to authenticate a user to
SMTP? I'm using Postfix with Courier-IMAP, using both PAM and MySQL to
authenticate users.

Not looking for you to give me a long solution here--just a suggestion of
method. I can track down how to do it.

> ...guenther

Thanks a lot for your suggestions!

Cheers,
John